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By Laurent Alt, David Sloan Wilson In Business

Agile as a Case Study of Cultural Multilevel Selection: A Conversation with Laurent Alt

Multilevel Selection (MLS) is a theoretical framework that originated for the study of genetic evolution but is just as useful for the study of cultural evolution. MLS theory begins with...

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By Daniel J. Kruger In Biology

Why Is A Polo Shirt Like A Peacock’s Tail?

Life history theory suggests that displays of luxury items provide signals with social goals.

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By Eric Michael Johnson In Biology

Ronald Fisher Is Not Being ‘Cancelled’, But His Eugenic Advocacy Should Have Consequences

How should we remember scientists that altered our conception of the natural world but who also misused the tools of science to target marginalized populations?

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History Humanities

Greek Democracy as a Major Evolutionary Transition: A Conversation with Josiah Ober

The 1970s marked a conceptual breakthrough in evolutionary biology that was beyond Darwin’s imagination. Individual…

Josiah Ober, David Sloan Wilson
March 11, 2021

Environment Politics

Evolutionary Mismatch, Partisan Politics, and Climate Change: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Climate change is the quintessential Tragedy of the Commons problem of our time. But there…

Helen Camakaris
March 9, 2021

PROSOCIAL

Introducing Prosocial World to the World

Darwin’s 212th birthday is a good time to introduce Prosocial World (PW), a new organization…

David Sloan Wilson
February 12, 2021

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Economy

The Invisible Hand is a Wishful Invention

A better metaphor for economics is that of a giant organism continually reacting to and…

Alan Kirman
November 30, 2020

Economy

Some Pessimistic Advice to an Aspiring Economist

The core assumption in modern economics is highly flawed but it can be hard to…

Geoffrey Hodgson
November 26, 2020

Economy

Advice to an Aspiring Economist: Introduction

This series of essays is a catalyst for change in the economics profession and how…

David Sloan Wilson
November 23, 2020

Education

Promoting Cooperation in Schools Using Norms and Processes from our Evolutionary History

Cooperative learning can help to establish social conditions that are similar to those that brought…

Mark J. Van Ryzin
November 9, 2020

Education

Elinor’s Classroom: Developing a Connected Concept of the Commons for 21st Century Civic Education

A new culture of interdisciplinary teaching is emerging in regards to the cultural evolution of…

Dustin Eirdosh, Susan Hanisch
November 5, 2020

Sociology

Evolution Does Not Explain Tyranny: COVID-19 Could Have Led To Many Fewer Deaths If Tyranny Had Been Less Prevalent in Washington, D.C.

In times of public health crisis, political leaders need to suppress dysfunctional personality traits and…

Richard Devine
November 2, 2020

Podcast

Human Nature at Work with Andrew O’Keeffe

TVOL guest host Max Beilby talks with Andrew O'Keeffe about his work helping leaders make…

Max Beilby
November 2, 2020

Podcast

The Study of Nature in Early America: A Conversation with Lee Dugatkin

Darwin was an integral part of the Enlightenment and was avidly pursued by early Americans…

Lee Alan Dugatkin
November 2, 2020

Podcast

Managing the Human Animal, with Nigel Nicholson and Max Beilby

Max Beilby and Nigel Nicholson discuss the application of evolutionary psychology to the world of…

Nigel Nicholson, Max Beilby
November 2, 2020

Sociology

From the Middle: Sites of Culture, Cooperation, and Trust in Risk Society

Democracy will live or die depending on its ability to respond to twenty-first-century hazards.

Lukas Szrot
October 26, 2020

Health Sociology

How Covid-19 Reminds Us We Are More Alike Than Different

Genetic differences between individuals within groups are much greater than any average differences between groups…

Rosemary L. Hopcroft
October 12, 2020

History

Evolutionary Biologists Need to Know about Charles Willson Peale’s Philadelphia Museum

This edited chapter from Lee Alan Dugatkin's book Behind the Crimson Curtain: The Rise and…

Lee Alan Dugatkin
October 12, 2020

Health Sociology

For God’s Sake! What’s All This Fuss About a Virus?

The success (or failure) that societies have had in the wake of COVID-19 offers a…

Andrew Atkinson
September 14, 2020

Sociology

Gene-Culture and Potential Culture-Gene Coevolution: The Future of COVID-19

Just as COVID-19's genes initially selected for changes in our culture, in the future those…

Marion Blute
September 7, 2020

Education

Transfer of Learning in Evolution Understanding: A Challenge Not Just For Students

Researchers focused on teaching evolutionary science have taken up the charge of seeking effective ways…

Dustin Eirdosh, Susan Hanisch
September 3, 2020

Podcast

Cultural Evolution with Alex Mesoudi

In the last 30 years, evolutionary theory has undergone explosive growth in studying humans as…

Alex Mesoudi
September 2, 2020

Podcast

[BONUS] Robert Kurzban On the Modular Mind

In this bonus archive episode, David talks with evolutionary psychologist Robert Kurzban.

David Sloan Wilson
September 2, 2020

Biology Sociology

The Coronavirus in Evolutionary Perspective

Humans evolved social potential to cooperate with others will eventually ignite a collective response to…

Alexandra Maryanski
August 31, 2020

Health Sociology

Institutionalization of Animal Welfare and the Evolution of Coronavirus(es)

The current pandemic is an obvious manifestation of the price society has to pay for…

Erin M. Evans
August 24, 2020

Education

Education is an Evolutionary Science. Why Don’t We Teach It That Way?

There is an inspiring new direction in which the evolutionary science of education can be…

Dustin Eirdosh, Susan Hanisch
August 20, 2020

Economy Sociology

The Coronavirus Pandemic, Evolutionary Sociology, and Long-Term Economic Growth in the United States

Despite the coronavirus, the per capita growth average should return to normal, just as it…

Michael Hammond
August 17, 2020

Podcast

A Tale of Two Evolutionary Processes, with Rita Colwell

Rita Colwell pioneered the study of microbial ecology and genetics and served as Director of…

David Sloan Wilson
August 16, 2020

Podcast

Positive Deviance as the Third Way: A Conversation with David K. Hurst

Positive Deviance has been used to prevent child malnourishment in Vietnam, female circumcision in Egypt,…

David Sloan Wilson
August 16, 2020

Education

Evolving Minds: Learning as Evolution, Evolution as Learning

The exploration of learning as an evolutionary process and evolution as a learning process holds…

Dustin Eirdosh, Susan Hanisch
August 13, 2020

Sociology

Speculations About Why Sociological Social Psychology Largely Elides Evolutionary Logic

Humans have evolved to favor their in-groups, but who is considered part of the in-group…

Steven Hitlin
August 10, 2020

Podcast

The Third Way of Entrepreneurship with Victor Hwang

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher Since the Third Way series is centered on entrepreneurship, even though it also applies…

Victor W. Hwang
August 10, 2020

Podcast

Peter J. Richerson: Morality from an Evolutionary Perspective

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher David discusses morality from an evolutionary perspective with analytic philosopher Peter J. Richerson. Peter…

Peter J. Richerson
August 9, 2020